i'm janet mock, author of "redefining realness" a fierce transadvocate. that's what i was on this show to do. if i spoke out every single time that someone said called me out of my name or labelled me as something that i'm not i would not have time to advocate for the fierce and urgent issues in my community. issues of poverty and joblessness, of a lack of health care, of violence, verbal and physical violence against transwomen. >> how does it help you, janet, that somebody like me who has been such an open supporter of the community that you represent so well and so publicly, that you target me for what you knew would be a load of abuse that then followed? you did. the tweets last night ignite add fa firestorm of abuse and ville ficcation my way. you said i had sensationalized your story. i was not formerly a man or a boy. not a tweet you said. >> i sent three tweets. >> but janet, they were important tweets to me. and important tweets to -- >> i tweeted them at the framework of your show and how they were packaging this story that we did. our exchange

but i want to begin with janet mock. she wrote about her life as a transgender woman in the book "redefining realness, my path to womanhood, identity, love and so much more." janet rejoins me now. i brought you back on the show. cards on the table. i have spent an infuriating 24 hours. and i want you to explain why i've had to go through this. because let me start from this premise. i have always been 100% supportive of all gay rights, gay marriage rights, transgender rights. in fact, i want equality for everyone. in america and around the world. that's always been my position. anyone that watches this show knows that's exactly what i've always stood for. i had you on the show. you wrote a powerful book. i did nothing but laud your courage. i said you were a fantastic person to be out there center stage, selling the message that there's no need to stigmatize transgender people. i called you a woman throughout the interview. i never disputed the fact that you're a woman. and yet today i have spent literally 12 hours being

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as soon as i had enough agency my life to grow up, i became who i am. >> that is janet mock speaking piers morgan. janet mock tweeted a photo of herself laverne cox and laverne cox reacting to her initial interview with piers morgan. you both have your eyebrows raised. >> my initial reaction to the interview, and that was the night she was having her book party, which is an incredible book, my reaction was not to the interview but initially to the tweets sent out surrounding the interview. it seemed as if what was happening in the tweets was a suggestion she's to be a man and the sorts of things. janet would never tell her story that way. she is never described her experience that way. the important piece for the media to remember when telling the stories is we should let trans people take the lead in terms of how we describe ourselves. janet has written extensively about critiquing. critiques the marie claire article that piers morgan refers to. you wrote saying, that article. >> and she did not. it was an interview. the editor of the magazine a few days later after the controversy

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two debates, first what i thought was a perfectly cordial interview last night with janet mock. life story. i became the target of very angry tweets. she's back on tonight live to debate what happened. jerry seinfeld about diversity in comedy. >> people think it's the census or something? this has got to represent the actual

two debates, first what i thought was a perfectly cordial interview with janet mock.he's back on tonight live to debate what happened. jerry seinfeld about diversity comedy. >> people think it's the census or something? this has got to represent the actual pie chart

mock up of the house. they certainly would have practiced this beforehand, as our special forces, as the navy seals did during the raid. >> janet expected to face questions about weaker than expected job growth and whether that will cause the fed to pull back on its economic stimulus program. >> you'd have to see it in the growth figures, you'd have to see it in man manufacturing and housing. it would have to be broad based for the fed to change direction. it's a large ship and they can't turn it too quickly. >> her testimony set to be released at 8:30 eastern time. wall street, dow futures are up 50 points, starting the day at 15,801, the s&p standing just blow the key 1800 level and the nasdaq at 1,448. in asia, markets ending higher. >> barkley's flashing up to 12,000 jobs this year. while some employees are getting pink slips, others are getting heftier bonuses. they are setting aside more money for compensation, saying they need to pay competitive bonus to say attract the best talent. >> j.p. morgan chaises settlement with the justice democratic is being challenged, a lawsuit filed against the justice department to block t